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~Normal POV

"You mean to tell us that your parents are involved with a secret organization that works to put out the fires of the world, both literally and figuratively, and now enemies of that organization have kidnapped Sunny's nieces and nephew in an attempt to get her to hand over her family's money?"

"Yes Trevor that's exactly what I said," Beatrice replied, "Now are you two going to help us, or not?"

Trevor and Hunter looked at each other, processing the insane amount of information they had just received.

"Are you sure there isn't another way," Hunter asked.

"Look we're not trained volunteers," Sunny started, "Kit and Dewey let us leave the organization peacefully so we could have a normal life. But that doesn't mean we're completely clueless. Klaus and Isadora's old commonplace books should give us all the instructions we need to get through this. And if you guys won't help then we'll just go by ourselves."

Trevor took Sunny's hand and smiled, "I'll help you, Sunshine. I'd do anything for my girl."

Sunny smiled, "Thank you Trev; Hunter what about you?"

Hunter glanced at Beatrice before replying, "I'll do it; just tell me what you need me to do."

"Right first thing's first, we need to get to Hotel Denouement. We'll take my car, we're going to meet with Kit and Dewey and see what information they can provide for us."

Sunny handed Beatrice one spyglass and put the other one in her pocket. She was silently thankful that Klaus and Isadora had kept these treasures for so many years. They would hopefully still be serviceable. The four of them set about putting together some supplies. Sunny put the two commonplace books inside her jacket and instructed Trevor to use his whenever the need arose. Beatrice put together a bag of basic supplies for them to take on their journey. Sunny ensured that Monty and Tawni could look after themselves for a few days. Monty was an Incredibly Deadly Viper after all; he was perfectly smart enough to ensure their safety. The snake even whined an apology that he hadn't been able to prevent the break in; Sunny forgave him.

Once everything was ready the four of them proceeded off to the Hotel.

~…

"So tell us more about this secret organization, what does V.F.D. stand for," Hunter asked.

"Volunteer Fire Department," Beatrice answered, "Many years ago there was a schism in the organization that started with the theft of the sugar bowl; it divided the members in half with one side deciding it would be better to start fires. V.F.D. is made up of entirely wealthy families, so people who joined the fire-starting side were only interested in getting more money."

"Do you think your house fire when you were a baby was started by someone in this organization," Trevor asked.

Sunny wasn't too pleased to hear such a question. She and her siblings had accepted the theory that the Baudelaire mansion was burned down by Count Olaf. They were never told if this was accurate, but they had accepted it as the truth either way. He had been so delighted about it back then, and spoke of it so casually, that it was the most logical conclusion.

"Yes it was, Trev," She replied simply, "We'll talk about that later; right now we have to focus on finding the kids. Bea, which road do I take up here?"

~…

When they arrived at Hotel Denouement, Beatrice led them inside. The boys stared around the ritzy building in awe. Sunny knew for a fact that the only people who had been here before were Quigley and Fiona back in the day. She, her siblings, and Duncan and Isadora never saw it as they had to go into hiding to get away from Olaf. But Beatrice had been here plenty, her father was the co-owner of the place, she knew her way around. She led them up to the concierge desk.

"Uncle Frank," Beatrice spoke up getting the desk manager's attention.

He looked surprised at her, "Beatrice, what are you doing here, young lady? Dewey said you were staying with the Baudelaires and Quagmires?"

"Uncle Frank this is an emergency; where are my parents?"

"In the library most likely, you know where it is," Frank replied.

She nodded and the four of them quickly hopped into an elevator to get there. Once on the correct floor, Beatrice hurriedly led the others to the massive hotel library that her father helped run. Sure enough, Frank was right. Inside the library, they found Dewey and Kit instructing new volunteers on coded poems protocol.

"Mom, dad, we have an emergency!"

"Alright everyone take a break we have to help out with this," Kit said as the people around them disbanded.

"Bea, Sunny, what's going on? And who are these two," Dewey asked, concern lacing his voice.

"Sir, we need help. Nikki, Lizzie, and Sam were kidnapped by villains and we have to find them before their parents get back from their vacation," Sunny pleaded.

Dewey and Kit shared looks of sheer horror. The two adults led the four teens to a secluded area of the library. Sunny gave them the torn ransom note they had received.

"This isn't good, there's no way we can track whoever wrote this," Kit said dejectedly.

"Who are these two gentlemen," Dewey asked, "And why are they with you?"

"This is my boyfriend Trevor Macready, sir," Sunny answered, "This is his friend Hunter, and they're going to help us find the kids. We already told them about the organization."

"I see, well there's no turning back now I suppose," Kit said, "We've had quite a few kidnapping in the past few months. Most of them have been cases from Dark Avenue."

Sunny looked horrified, "There have been others?!"

Dewey nodded solemnly, "Yes and we've been training new recruits round the clock while we search for them. We'll help in any way we can, but in order to do this we have one thing we have to do first: the four of you will have to be trained as volunteers."

Sunny looked down, "We... we don't have time. The rest of the family will be back in 20 days from now on June 1st."

Kit smiled, "Olivia was trained in a mere week back when she was just starting out. We can do it even faster if you're committed."

"I'll do it, mom," Beatrice said.

"That's my girl," Dewey smiled.

"I'll do it," Trevor spoke up, "I want to learn."

"Me too; if they're in then I'm in," Hunter added, "Anything for Bea- I mean the kids..." He looked away awkwardly hoping Beatrice and her parents had not caught his wording.

"If it's the only way," Sunny said, "Then I'll do it."

She then sighed and added, "Violet and Klaus aren't going to be happy about it though..."

Kit nodded, "Then let's get started. And by the way, boys, welcome to the V.F.D."

~End of Chapter!

The next chapter will show what's happening with the kids.